System restore in xp home

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Charles Eaves

I am a newbie especially when using system restore.
Anyway, I can never get system restore to work in xp.
I downloaded the 8.1.3 version of adobe reader and after the program was
installed, the computer would not work right.
I had read a post about system restore and the solution was to put the
computer in safe mode.
I did that and system restore worked great.
No adobe icon on the desktop and I am using Adobe reader 8.1.2.
I checked the microsoft website and i can't find anything about using system
restore in the safe mode.
Can you use sytem restore without using the safe mode?
Thanks
 
You are confusing System Restore with backing up. The role of SR is to
store a relatively small number of key system and user files that can be
used to restore the essential underpinnings of Windows. This allows you
to use the many troubleshooting and problem solving utilities built into
Windows.

System Restore was not designed to back out of failed application
installs (although sometimes it works that way) so you can't count on it
to remove Adobe 8.

The best place for help with Adobe software is the Adobe website, where
you'll find technical support and a user forum.

As Gerry suggests, sometimes a failure in System Restore is the sign of
a malware infection.
 
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